Bitcoin risks drop to $72K as demand metric hits 2026 lows
Bitcoin’s weakening demand failed to absorb increased selling pressure, raising risks of a further BTC price drop toward $72,000.
In a fresh move, Bhutan reportedly transferred another 90 Bitcoins (approx worth $7 million) to a Segwit address. The steady series of transfers has now crossed more than $237 million since the start of the year.
Digital asset treasuries (DATs) and the broader practice of building corporate Bitcoin reserves became hugely popular in 2024 and 2025, thanks in large part to the success of Strategy, whose "flywheel" many tried to replicate.
May 25, 2026, 1:24 pmA Satoshi-era Bitcoin miner moved 2,650 BTC worth about $203 million to FalconX and Cumberland, while retaining 6,000 BTC.
May 25, 2026, 1:15 pmBitcoin’s weakening demand failed to absorb increased selling pressure, raising risks of a further BTC price drop toward $72,000.
Eric Trump, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of American Bitcoin Corp., has revealed the conditions under which he would sell Bitcoin — and the threshold he has set is so extreme it amounts to a declaration that, under any foreseeable market scenario, he is not selling.
The Bitcoin Iran deal rally on renewed U.S.-Iran deal optimism is a credible first-order macro signal. The move still needs confirmation in oil flows, gasoline prices, inflation compensation, and Fed pricing before traders can treat it as a reopened path to rate cuts. The immediate market logic is straightforward.
A steady decline of lower highs and lower lows over nearly three weeks has meant that the $BTC price is currently well back inside what is almost a 4-month long bear flag.
Bitcoin held below $78,000 as spot ETFs shed over $1 billion for a second straight week and U.S.-Iran deal speculation rattled markets.
A New York man identified in court documents only as Noah Doe has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York seeking legal ownership of 39,069 abandoned Bitcoin wallets — assets he discovered using a self-developed algorithm, reported to the NYPD in compliance with lost and found property law, and spent over a year attempting to return…
A New York lawsuit is seeking a court declaration over tens of thousands of long-dormant Bitcoin addresses that one outside analysis says collectively hold about 3.79 million BTC. The case, brought by “Noah Doe” and two Wyoming LLCs, attempts to frame inactive self-custodied crypto addresses as abandoned property under New York lost-and-found law.
Investors turn to HYPE and XRP funds while dumping bitcoin and ether ETFs.
Strategy repurchased $1.5B in convertible bonds instead of Bitcoin this week.